cornerstone Posted August 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 just woke up... how about queue? WINNER!! Just beat Pugwash to it! Suppose you have an open topped box that is 5cm x 5cm x 5cm (capacity: 125 cubic cm). Inside the box is a steel ball-bearing that is 25 cubic cm in size. Next to the box is a two litre pail filled with mercury. How many cubic cm of mercury would you pour into the box to completely submerge the ball bearing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvin.x Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 WINNER!! Just beat Pugwash to it! Suppose you have an open topped box that is 5cm x 5cm x 5cm (capacity: 125 cubic cm). Inside the box is a steel ball-bearing that is 25 cubic cm in size. Next to the box is a two litre pail filled with mercury. How many cubic cm of mercury would you pour into the box to completely submerge the ball bearing? The ball would never be submerged because mercury is so dense that the ball would swim on the surface... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irongambit Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 you beat me...well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvin.x Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 OK. I got another easy one for you guys until cornerstone is back to tell me that I am a winner... There are two railroad tracks that are parallel to each other until they come to a bridge, where they cross. One day, two trains leave in opposing directions of one another, on opposite tracks. They both cross at the bridge and over the intersection, but do not actually collide. How is this possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 OK. I got another easy one for you guys until cornerstone is back to tell me that I am a winner... There are two railroad tracks that are parallel to each other until they come to a bridge, where they cross. One day, two trains leave in opposing directions of one another, on opposite tracks. They both cross at the bridge and over the intersection, but do not actually collide. How is this possible? They don't pass under the bridge at the same time. One pass goes out and than the other goes into the bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvin.x Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 (edited) They don't pass under the bridge at the same time. ....and that´s absolutely CORRECT ! They leave at different times so they reach the bridge at different times. I knew it was too easy... Here´s another short and easy one... If I were in Hawaii and dropped a bowling ball in a bucket of water which is 45 degrees F, and dropped another ball of the same weight, mass, and size in a bucket at 30 degrees F, both of them at the same time, which ball would hit the bottom of the bucket first? Edited August 7, 2006 by melvin.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irongambit Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 If I were in Hawaii and dropped a bowling ball in a bucket of water which is 45 degrees F, and dropped another ball of the same weight, mass, and size in a bucket at 30 degrees F, both of them at the same time, which ball would hit the bottom of the bucket first? The ball would hit first in the bucket that was at 30 degrees that had no water in it, assuming that they were dropped from the same distance. Now if you were to assume that the 30 degree F bucket did have water in it, then the reverse is true, as at 30 degrees F, the water would be completely frozen, so the ball wouldn't touch the bottom of the bucket until the ice melted. Multiple answers based on multiple wording assumptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvin.x Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 The ball would hit first in the bucket that was at 30 degrees that had no water in it, assuming that they were dropped from the same distance. Now if you were to assume that the 30 degree F bucket did have water in it, then the reverse is true, as at 30 degrees F, the water would be completely frozen, so the ball wouldn't touch the bottom of the bucket until the ice melted. Multiple answers based on multiple wording assumptions. Can´t fool you... Of course your first answer is CORRECT, because the question said nothing about water in the bucket at 30 degrees F. Congratulations!!! OK. I try again... Imagine two bridges that are exactly alike except that every dimension of one bridge is twice as large as the other. For example, the larger bridge is exactly two times longer, its structural members are exactly two times thicker, and so forth. Which of the two bridges would be stronger, or is their strength the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewhoz Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 The smaller bridge is stronger. Doubling the dimensions would exponentionally increase weight while not increasing "strength" per diameter of structural member, etc. of the bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvin.x Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 The smaller bridge is stronger. Doubling the dimensions would exponentionally increase weight while not increasing "strength" per diameter of structural member, etc. of the bridge. ...and once again...CORRECT ANSWER !!! I have to go to bed now, but wasn´t there a question still unanswered ? Good night... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 OK. I got another easy one for you guys until cornerstone is back to tell me that I am a winner... You are a winner!! Arthur only had $2 but he needed $3 for his cab fare home. Undaunted, he went to a pawn shop and pawned his $2 for $1.50. Art then bumped into Duncan and told him that he would sell his $2 pawn ticket for $1.50. Duncan agreed. Since Arthur started out with $2 and ended up with $3, who is out the extra dollar and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Duncan is because he still has to pay another $1.50 to pick up the $2 But Slim Dusty knew that Ducan was an easy touch, that's why he loved to share a beer with him. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Duncan is because he still has to pay another $1.50 to pick up the $2 But Slim Dusty knew that Ducan was an easy touch, that's why he loved to share a beer with him. Ken WINNER!! Not just Dunc, but also Col, Kev, Pat and Bob. Bit of a beer tart that Slim! Which would be worth more, a kilogram of $10 pure gold coins or half a kilogram of $20 pure gold coins; or would they be worth the same amount? Explain. P.S. Feckin' census!! Bringing back bad tax return vibes so soon after July! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 P.S. Feckin' census!! Bringing back bad tax return vibes so soon after July! You and me both my friend, we told all our friends not to visit tonight. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 (edited) You and me both my friend, we told all our friends not to visit tonight. Ken I have just managed to delegate it!! Hehehe.... EDIT: And now am being asked a lot of dumb questions about how much housework I did last week... Edited August 8, 2006 by cornerstone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Oh BTW in your question there let's get rid of those misleading $10 and $20 bits, what we have is half a kilo of gold verses a Kilo of gold...........I know which one I would prefer to have. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Oh BTW in your question there let's get rid of those misleading $10 and $20 bits, what we have is half a kilo of gold verses a Kilo of gold...........I know which one I would prefer to have. Ken Ah, the spirit of the Victorian Gold Rush lives on I see!! WINNER! How could you rearrange the letters in the words new door to make one word? NB: There is only one correct answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewhoz Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 the letters in "new door" can be rearranged to write "one word" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 the letters in "new door" can be rearranged to write "one word" WINNER!! This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why? Study it, think about it, and you may find out. Try to do it without coaching (or Googling). If you work at it for a bit it will dawn on you. So jump to it and try your skill at figuring it out. Good luck - don't blow your cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewhoz Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Just a guess....The entire paragraph does not use the most common letter in the alphabet - "e." WINNER?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewhoz Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 I couldn't resist, so I googled after answering. Looks like I'm a WINNER! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 I couldn't resist, so I googled after answering. Looks like I'm a WINNER! Hold your horses..... Hold it...... Holding them....? Ah you're right! WINNER!! While lounging in the bath, Hardy decided to play with his two foot long plastic boat which was filled with metal nuts and bolts. While 'playing' he accidentally tipped the boat over, dumping the contents into the water. With the nuts and bolts in the water, will the water level in the bathtub rise, fall or stay the same as it was when the nuts and bolts were in the boat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewhoz Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Man, this is digging back to my high school knowledge, but I think this is a plausible answer: The water level will fall. When the nuts and bolts were in the boat, they displace their MASS in water, since the boat effectively makes the metal bouyant. When they fall in, they will displace their VOLUME, which since metal is denser than water, will be a smaller amount of water, making the water level fall. So hows about it? Am I a genius? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted August 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Man, this is digging back to my high school knowledge, but I think this is a plausible answer: The water level will fall. When the nuts and bolts were in the boat, they displace their MASS in water, since the boat effectively makes the metal bouyant. When they fall in, they will displace their VOLUME, which since metal is denser than water, will be a smaller amount of water, making the water level fall. So hows about it? Am I a genius? .....GENIUS! WINNER! The Amazing Jason, the famous magician, claims he can tell the score of any football game before it even starts. Many think he is psychic and possesses supernatural powers. How is it that he can be accurate about the score 99 per cent of the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irongambit Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 wild guess here...the score will be 0 - 0 before it starts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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